Curtain-pole.



A. M. CLARK.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 24, 1912.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

ALICE M. CLARK, OF AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE.

Specification of Iietters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Application filed May 24, 1912. Serial N 0. 699,533.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALICE M. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ambridge, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles,

.of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain fixtures and has for its object to provide a pivotally mounted curtain pole by means of which .the curtain suspended thereon may be swung away from the window whereby ventilation may be readily had and the window conveniently be gotten at to clean. r

With the above and other objects in view I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an elevational view of my improved curtain fixture, Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a detail view of a rod section slightly modified, Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on line AA of Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 is a view taken on line BB of Fig. 2.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the specification and in the several views in thedrawings in which i 1 and 2 are sect-ions of a curtain pole hav ing spliced removably connected inner ends 3 and 4 and depending right-angular arms 5 and 6. Each of these sections are pivotally mounted in the brackets 7 and 8 which are provided with cylindrical bores in the outer enlarged ends 9 and 10 through which the arms 5 and 6 project and in which they are adapted to rotate.

The abutting spliced inner ends 3 and 4 of the pole sections when closed upon one another seat in the recess 11 in the end of the centrally disposed bracket 12. WVhen the pole ends are seated in the recess 11 the extreme end 13 projects slightly above the lower plane of the sections whereby said sections will be held against accidental movements from said bracket 12, as might be the case if one should carelessly handle a curtain hung from the pole, or if a draft were blowing in an open window against said curtain.

In order to swingthe sections aside when desired all that will be necessary to do will be to grip one of the knobs 14 or 15 and Very slightly raise the arm in order to lift the ends 3 or 4 from the recess 11, and then turn the knob until the section of the pole swings to the desired position as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 8 a slight modification is shown in which the end 16 is telescopically mounted on the section of pole 17 whereby the sections may be readily adjusted to various sized window casings. Mounted on the outer ends of each, section is a knob 18 and 19 held to the section by tubular connections 20 and 21 having cut-away portions 22. to seat over the bracket ends 8 and 9.

Various modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of the device without departing from the spirit of the invention.

That which I claim to be new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A curtain fixture consisting of pole sections, each having one right-angularly bent end, brackets in which said ends are pivotally seated, said ends extending down wardly to form arms by means of which said sections may be rotated, knobs mounted on said bent portions to form outer ends for said sections, and the inner ends of said sections having over-lapping parts to form arcontinuous pole, a recessed bracket adapted to receive said overlapping portions and hold said sections against accidental movement.

2. A curtain fixture consisting of pole sections, each having one right-angularly bent end, brackets in which said ends are pivotally seated, said ends extending downwardly to'form arms by means of which said sections may be rotated, knobs mounted on said bent portions to form outer ends for said sections, and the inner ends of said sections having over-lapping parts to form a continuous pole, a recessed bracket adapted to receive said over-lapping portions and hold said sections against accidental movement, said sections being loosely mounted in said firstnamed brackets so as to have vertical movement whereby said sections may be raised to be seated in or unseated from said recessed bracket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALICE M. CLARK. Witnesses:

CHARLES M. RIHN, HARRIET BROWN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

